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44 Pa. Super. 218

Commonwealth v. Johnston

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 10, 1910

Superior Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1910-10-10

Appeal, No. 50, April T., 1910, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Allegheny Co., March Sessions, 1909, No. 172, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. F. Johnston et al. Indictment for conspiracy. At the trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Errors assigned were (1, 2) refusal of two points presented by the defendant and (3) portion of charge, quoting it.

Relies on Curtis v. Winston · Sibley v. Robertson · Guemple v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.

Appealed quashed · Decided 1910-10-10

Per Curiam,

¶1The first assignment of error is to the refusal of the defendants’ point that under all the evidence the verdict must be in their favor; the second to the answer to a point that if the jury found certain facts the defendants could not be convicted of criminal conspiracy; and the third to certain instructions given in the general charge. They all involve questions arising upon the evidence, and, *219therefore, in the absence of exception before verdict, the answers and instructions are not subject to review on appeal: Curtis v. Winston, 186 Pa. 492; Sibley v. Robertson, 212 Pa. 24; Guemple v. Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co., 224 Pa. 327; Petri v. Carracciolo, 33 Pa. Superior Ct. 312. The record fails to show anywhere that an exception was taken either to the charge or the answers to the .points, and of course we must be guided by the record. It follows that the judgment should be affirmed or the appeal quashed. Following the precedent in Curtis v. Winston, we adopt the latter course.

¶2The appeal is quashed.

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